Working experience.

Now I am in the fourth semester, but I just start to work and it’s my first experience working in a kindergarten. I started working on 21st Jun 2010. It was just one week till now. Through this week, I have learnt lots of lessons and its not easy to handle children. Since I really involve myself with the children , I get to understand them more by not only reading the notes given by the lecturer. The notes and lessons in the class, I can see and really feel it through my body and all this are called hands-on experience where I really experience the real situation. This is because I can see the whole process of children’s playing and learning. Of course not everything that I learned in the class comes out exactly in the real situation, it will be different and it prepares you to face it. Last few days, there was a case which normally happens in kindergarten. There was a three-year-old child, who named Yu Han likes to hit people with her hand. She was taking a book and wanted to find a corner to sit down and read. Another child who named Agasti, came and straight away took away the book that Yu Han was reading. Here comes her bad habit – she hit Agasti with her hand. Agasti cried. As I was taught “Every movement is a teachable moment.” I use this at that moment. I asked Yu Han to say sorry to Agasti face to face and eyes to eyes. Training them to admit their false and learn to forgive people at this moment too. Then the next time, it won’t happen again. Even if this kind of matter happened again, they will learn how to apologize and forgive people. If teach and guide the children at the right moment at once, they will gain the experience and lesson. Make them remember what is right and what should do and also manners should be taught carefully because it’s important to respect the others to gain back their respect. Our lecturers always remind us to always set ground rules at the beginning of the class so, that the children follows it. Another side note is that teacher should be firm, not too soft nor tough on children.